Senior Accountant

Job Title
:
Senior Accountant

Division
:
Finance

Reports To
: US Controller

Key Relationships
:
Senior Financial Analyst, Senior Statutory Accountant, Financial Analyst, Head of North American External Reporting, Head of North America Finance

Job Summary
:
The Senior Accountant is an important member of the finance team, with primary responsibility for the accounting, analysis, and reporting of loss reserve related balances. This role will support the accurate recording and reconciliation of reserve balances, ensuring completeness and accuracy of financial reporting. The position will work closely with actuarial, claims, and finance teams.

• Prepare, analyze, and reconcile all reserve related balance sheet and income statement accounts
• Prepare and review quarterly and annual Schedule P statutory reserve reporting
• Analyze reserve development, incurred loss trends, loss ratio movements and other metrics to support management reporting and financial analysis.
• Serve as primary finance contact for actuaries, providing required reserve data and claims information, as well as ad hoc support
• Partner closely with actuarial teams during quarterly reserve reviews and year-end reporting processes.
• Maintain and enhance internal controls over reserve accounting and reporting processes
• Assist with special projects, accounting research, system implementations and process improvement initiatives related to reserve accounting and reporting
• Cross training/ support of Sr. Financial Analyst’s responsibilities, in addition to other duties as assigned by the Controller

• Adopt the Beazley culture of Professionalism, Integrity, Effectiveness and Dynamic that contributes to an internal environment of teamwork and promote a positive brand image and experience to our external customers.
• Comply with Beazley procedures, policies and regulations including the code of conduct. Undertake training on Beazley policies and procedures as delivered by your line manager, the Talent Management development or assurance teams (compliance, risk, and internal audit) either directly, via e-learning or the learning management system.
• Display business ethics that uphold the interests of all our customers.
• Ensure all interactions with customers are focused on delivering a fair outcome, including having the right products for their needs.
• Comply with any specific responsibilities necessary for your role as outlined by your line manager, the Talent Management or assurance teams (compliance, risk, and internal audit) and ensure you keep up to date with developments in these areas. This may include, amongst others, Beazley’s underwriting control standards, Beazley’s claims control standards, other Beazley standards and customer relationship management.
• Carry out additional responsibilities as individually notified, either through your objectives or through the learning management system. These may include membership of any Beazley committees or working groups.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
• Prior Public accounting or Insurance experience preferable

• Solid financial analysis skills
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Intermediate time management/ prioritization skills
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems and suggest solutions
• Navigate ambiguity to deliver results

• Solid knowledge of accounting concepts/theories
• Solid knowledge of insurance accounting and reporting concepts/theories
• Intermediate working knowledge of Microsoft Office (e.g., Excel, Word, Outlook)
• General Ledger experience

• Top performer, motivated and driven to succeed
• A self-starter with a…